Alan H. Levy

Joe McCarthy

Architect of the Yankee Dynasty

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Produktbeschreibung

Joe McCarthy was headed towards a career as a plumber--until the parish priest intervened, and convinced McCarthy's mother that he could make more of himself in baseball. She relented, and Joseph Vincent McCarthy embarked on a career that ranks him among the greatest managers ever. In 24 years his teams took nine pennants, seven World Series titles, and never finished lower than fourth. This biography of Joe McCarthy details the 90-year life of one of the greatest managers in baseball's history. Baseball was McCarthy's ticket out of a working-class existence in Germantown, Pennsylvania, taking him to college, the minor leagues, managerial stints in baseball's backwaters, and on to remarkable years with the Yankees, Cubs and Red Sox--years filled with triumph and heartbreak. Seven championships and the highest managerial winning percentage ever earned him entry to the Hall of Fame, but McCarthy will always be remembered for his deft handling of his players. McCarthy's ability to handle even ""unmanageable"" players won him the respect of all. His effect on the lives of his young charges was, in his mind, his greatest legacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 815g
• ISBN-13: 9780786419616
• ISBN-10: 078641961X
• Artikelnr.: 22367922

Autorenporträt

Alan H. Levy is a professor of American history at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. In addition to his writings about sports (football, boxing, baseball), he is the author of several books on American music, including a biography of the noted composer Edward MacDowell.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
1. Planning to Be a Plumber     
2. Starting Down at the Bottom     
3. Outlaw League     
4. Mud Hens     
5. Still Can't Hit a Curve Ball     
6. Down to Wilkes-Barre     
7. A Snappy Little Second Sacker     
8. A Flirt with the Federals and Off to Louisville     
9. War Years     
10. Now Managing for the Colonels     
11. First Full Season at the Helm     
12. Winner     
13. Ups and Downs     
14. That Boy Is a Wonder     
15. Made Me Blush for the First Time in My Life     
16. Don't Forget the Cubs     
17. McCarthy's Scrappers     
18. Aggressive Even in Repose     
19. Don't Blame Hack     
20. Fractured Ankle, Fractured Season     
21. "Don't Like to Finish Second"     
22. The Fewest Rules, the Most Discipline     
23. Watch Out for Those Senators     
24. Second Place Joe     
25. One Bounce, Not on the Fly     
26. A Ten-Game Lead Is Never Safe     
27. There'll Be Nobody Again Like You in 100 Years     
28. The Sun Can't Shine All the Time     
29. Lou Was a Fine Man     
30. And the War Came     
31. Can't Push Buttons Any More     
32. One War Ends and Another Begins     
33. And Now He Wasn't There     
34. Will They Love Him in September as They Didn't in May?     
35. A Marvelous Little Fella'     
36. Good to the Last Game     
37. It's Later Than You Think     
38. A Pleasant Good-Bye     
Appendix: Joe McCarthy's Major League Managerial Record     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index